Coin magazine for coin-controlled locks



April 14, 1953 H. BEIMEL com MAGAZINE FOR com CONTROLLED LOCKS iled Nov. 8, 1950 Patented Apr. 14, 1953 UNITED STATES 66in ton iiiibifiitiiiliiiii LOCKS Henry L; Bertie]; oambri American Irockerfiompany; mas; East a corporation of Delaware Airiiiiatiafinttiiitr s, 1950", st. 3 Claims. (01; 1942292) i #6 on; Mass.;

iiimy ccipendirig application serial- No. 122,116; m d October s, 1949;, n w Pat. No; 2,603,335, ury f; 1952, 'I- ave diselosed a coin magazine attachment for coin controlled locks which converts a single coin look into a lock requiring two 5 or more coins to operate. The dime checking cabinet lock shown in Patent 1,640,6Q5 requires the insert of a sing1e' dime to" operate the lock, and this rear converted into a multiple coin lock when my said attachmentis applied thereto. r' f e' si time. che kin bi that? i m m 3. o tears t at ts nell a e t a Pe a a oma si s im 11w the two-dime lock and then, being unable to 0py I I g v S a erate the lock, walks away and leaves the dime in ihg check by which'tlie customer may re o've iii the lock. The next patron drops a dime into the obtain access to the belongings which he has delock and then, knowing that the lock requires posited inaparcel locker.

two dimes, tries to insert a second dime. This The key cylinder is provided near its outer end condition has caused wedging of the coins in the with a locking bolt I2 adapted to be moved with magazine with the second dime sliding beside the the cyli er from e c ed position of 4 t first dime and thereby jamming the lock and the unlocked position shown in broken lines. A preventing its operation. The primary object of fragment of the front plate of the locker cabinet ag ate mi r st d 9t disclosed my im'proved' lock inech tim we:

my invention herein is to provide means for frame is Shown t in The front P t eliminating t difficulty, M of the lock is disposed over an opening in the In the multiple coin magazine locks hereto- Plate l3, its lower d being P d W a p fore employed the foremost coin is positively enl5 engaging the inner face of the plate [3 and gaged until released by the operation of the lock. t upper end being equipped with a lock (not In accordance with my present invention, means shown) by W ch e plate It and the parts including a yielding body is provided on the coin semb led thereon are detachably secured in posimagazine in position to engage the foremost coin tion in the cabinet. A recorder y be and support the same and the coins rearwardly ecrtled to time cylflllder 9 so as to be ope a e b thereof in the magazine. The yielding pressure eac ac ua ion 0 he look, whereby the number of the body on the foremost coin is suflicient norof lock aotuaticns nd consequently the numb r mally to support the coins in the magazine, but f 11 eposited is recorded. fifist fii ir oifi %fi g$?Z$Znr ZuZ Z cylm er ifitfi i foi'fi do???i fi otit fiiit cfii appliecfi thereto through the coins rearwardly an be insrleited3 iillge'i ise into the coin receiving thereo Thus w en a patron tries to deposit a magazine a e ack f e p e 14. The third coin in the magazine he merely forces the e e illustrated s adap d to hold two coins foremost coin from the magazine and leaves two 1 the pp coin in position to e engaged coins therein in position to operate the lock. by & feeler 2- The feeler is on the bottom end These and other features of the invention will of PIVOted at 23 and av an arm 24 be more readily understood and appreciated from provlded Wlth a tooth 25 for engaging i a notch the following detailed description of a preferred 27 the 100k e e A Spring 25 normally embodiment thereof selected for purposes of 11- Swings the lever n a d eo o engaging e tooth mstration and Shown in t accompanying drawin the notch which thereupon serves to hold the ings in which: look in the unlocked position.

Fig. l is a side elevation, partially broken away, The bottom coin is held in the magazine beof a coin controlled lock embodying my invention tween a f Sp g 28 and the laterally dispo d with two coins supported in lock operating poend 29 of an arm 30 pivoted at 3 I, and the bottom Simon coin supports the upper coin in position to be Fig. 2 is a. fragmentary view of the opposite aged by the feeler The arm 30 is held in Side of the lock, the coin supporting position by the free end 32 Fig. 3 is a like view showing the foremost coin of a lever 33 extending over the free end of an being forced from the magazine by the depositarm 34 integral with the arm 30. The lever 33 ing of a third coin into the magazine, and is pivoted at 23 and has a projection 35 normally V the lever 33, anti-clockwise, thus permitting the arm 30 to move upwardly and release the coins. The improved feature of the invention herein disclosed resides in the spring 2 8 or like yielding body for engaging and supporting the bottom coin. Should a patron attempt to force a third coin 40 into the magazine the pressure thereof against the other coins will simply force the bottom coin past the spring 28, thereby preventing any jamming of the coins and leaving two coins in position in the magazine to operate and release the lock, it being understood that engagement of the feeler 22 with a coin in the magazine holds the tooth 25 away from the recess 21 and permits the lock cylinder to rotate from the unlocked position to the locked position shown in Fig. 4.

' Having thus disclosed my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a coin controlled lock movable to and from looking and releasing positions, means normally retaining the lock in one of said positions and coin feeler mechanism for rendering the retaining means inoperative when a coin is disposed'in position to be engaged by the feeler; a magazine for receiving a plurality of coins in edge to edge relation with each coin rearwardly 4 of the foremost coin engaging the next adjacent coin therebeyond and with one of the rearward coins in position to be engaged by the feeler, the magazine including a yielding body disposed in position to engage the foremost coin and support the same and the coins rearwardly thereof in the magazine, the yielding pressure of said body on the foremost coin being adapted to permit passage of such coin from the magazine when pressure is applied thereto through the coins rearwardly thereof.

2. The coin magazine defined in claim 1 in which the yielding body comprises a leaf spring mounted on the magazine and having a free resilient portion disposed in position to engage with yielding pressure against the foremost coin in the magazine.

3. The coin magazine defined in claim 1 in which the yielding body comprises a leaf spring mounted on one marginal edge of the magazine and having a free resilient portion disposed in position to engage with yielding pressure against the adjacent edge of the foremost coin in the magazine.

Gibson Aug. 23, 1932 

